May 2011 - Media-advisors

Re: [Media-advisors] Rio follow-up
by Jonathan Harris 16 Jul '11

16 Jul '11

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Your thoughts?
by pblau＠sonic.net 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi folks, There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview that I'll be doing this Wednesday. I thought I'd ask this group what they think the best (short) topic might be. The couple that runs this "Pet Patrol" show in the Half Moon Bay region has mostly done things on dogs & cats, no birds yet. So it's really an intro, more than anything else, and perhaps we'll get called back. I'm able to submit the question(s) to her for our response. Some ideas could be: - the difference between a dog and/or cat as a pet v. a bird - why get your bird from a bird rescue-- aren't they damaged? - what's the best thing about bird ownership? or things along that line. I don't want to be a 5-minute negative Nellie (don't do this! watch out for that!)-- I'm thinking upbeat, to be positive, etc. Let me know if you have any ideas. p

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AP: "Preacher says world will actually end in October"
by Vincent J. Hrovat 24 May '11

24 May '11

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_apocalypse_saturday I am not posting this to editorialize or make fun of anybody's belief system, etc. This is intended as an FYI because we may need to deal with more would-be euthanizers in October. Rather than predicting a "rapture" event where the good people will go to heaven this time, Camping is predicting that "The globe will be completely destroyed in five months." So, hopefully, people won't think that they need to kill their pets ahead of time, but who knows. I'm not sure what steps, if any, we could take to be prepared for this besides being aware of it. Supposedly, the Family Radio group will NOT be publicizing this because god has already decided who is going to heaven or not. So this might not be subject to nearly as much public scrutiny as the May 21 non-event received, and thus may be harder to track. (I wonder, since the believers are being told that they are already guaranteed a trip to heaven, what will keep them well-behaved between now and October. But I will try not to worry about it. . . .) Vincent J. Hrovat

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by Jonathan Harris 24 May '11

24 May '11

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by pblau＠sonic.net 24 May '11

24 May '11

That's exactly where I will go with it, if we get that far. (or next time) On Tue 05/24/11 9:14 AM , Mary Long wrote: Perhpas a quick sentence like: What's BEST about adopting a rehomed/fostered birds is that you are blessed with a tremendous amount of information about the birds from their fosters that you would get from very few other situations (and they have grown accustomed to common household noises, activities, etc.) --- On Tue, 5/24/11, Karen Watkins wrote: From: Karen Watkins Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? To: pblau(a)sonic.net, "'Mickaboo media advisor team'" Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 7:26 AM I vote for “why get your bird from a bird rescue”. Karen From: media-advisors-bounces(a)mickaboo.org [mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of pblau(a)sonic.net Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:59 PM To: Media Advisors - Mickaboo Subject: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? Hi folks, There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview that I'll be doing this Wednesday. I thought I'd ask this group what they think the best (short) topic might be. The couple that runs this "Pet Patrol" show in the Half Moon Bay region has mostly done things on dogs & cats, no birds yet. So it's really an intro, more than anything else, and perhaps we'll get called back. I'm able to submit the question(s) to her for our response. Some ideas could be: - the difference between a dog and/or cat as a pet v. a bird - why get your bird from a bird rescue-- aren't they damaged? - what's the best thing about bird ownership? or things along that line. I don't want to be a 5-minute negative Nellie (don't do this! watch out for that!)-- I'm thinking upbeat, to be positive, etc. Let me know if you have any ideas. p -----Inline Attachment Follows-----

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by pblau＠sonic.net 24 May '11

24 May '11

From the dept. of "Oh, Great...", my interviewer said that she had a budgie when she was little, and her mother trained it to fly out the window MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> On a positive note: We can remind folks that there have been numerous children/people who's lives have been influenced/changed by having budgies during childhood (many of ourselves included). Where might the world of avian cognition be without Dr. Irene Pepperberg if her childhood (and young adulthood) hadn't been spent with budgies? Would we have had the same of storyteller in Stephen Spielberg (or ET) if he didn't grow up with budgies? --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Jonathan Harris wrote: From: Jonathan Harris Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? To: pblau(a)sonic.net, "Mickaboo media advisor team" , "Mickaboo media advisor team" Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 8:50 PM This might be a good context in which to deconstruct the "parakeet as starter pet" illusion. Q: "Many parents have to respond at some point to their children's pleas to have a pet. They may feel that a dog or even a cat is too demanding, too much work, or too big for their home. And they may say to themselves, What about a bird? A parakeet is small, and inexpensive to buy and care for. It can stay happily in its cage and not make a mess all over the house, while the child learns responsibility and about the animal. Wouldn't something like a parakeet make an ideal starter pet?" -----Original Message----- From: pblau(a)sonic.net Sent: May 23, 2011 7:33 PM To: Mickaboo media advisor team Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? Good ideas, I'm going to go with this. p On Mon 05/23/11 4:12 PM , Michelle Yesney wrote: And it's a chance to emphasize the positive aspects of the differences. Many people like the idea of a long-lived pet, for example. I had a talk with a woman recently whose husband said no more pets because she was so traumatized when they died. Ironically, he was the next to die and she is thinking about getting a bird. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Vincent J. Hrovat wrote: Thanks for doing this. Since they have never discussed birds before, the differences between dogs/cats and birds as pets seems like a good place to start. You might also mention the similarities, specifically the breeding mills and overpopulation crisis. People have heard about these over and over again for dogs and cats but might not be aware that the problems exist for birds too. --VH From: media-advisors-bounces(a)mickaboo.org [mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of pblau(a)sonic.net Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:59 PM To: Media Advisors - Mickaboo Subject: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? Hi folks, There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview that I'll be doing this Wednesday. I thought I'd ask this group what they think the best (short) topic might be. The couple that runs this "Pet Patrol" show in the Half Moon Bay region has mostly done things on dogs & cats, no birds yet. So it's really an intro, more than anything else, and perhaps we'll get called back. I'm able to submit the question(s) to her for our response. Some ideas could be: - the difference between a dog and/or cat as a pet v. a bird - why get your bird from a bird rescue-- aren't they damaged? - what's the best thing about bird ownership? or things along that line. I don't want to be a 5-minute negative Nellie (don't do this! watch out for that!)-- I'm thinking upbeat, to be positive, etc. Let me know if you have any ideas. p -----Inline Attachment Follows-----

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by pblau＠sonic.net 24 May '11

24 May '11

or maybe I'll just mumble, the way my grey does when she imitates me, sometimes On Tue 05/24/11 6:52 AM , Mary Long wrote: LOL - talk really, really fast - like Puck... --- On Tue, 5/24/11, Vincent J. Hrovat wrote: From: Vincent J. Hrovat Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? To: "Patricia Blau" , "Mickaboo media advisor team" Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 3:05 AM >There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview (Seven emails later . . . .) Do you think that's five minutes' worth yet? --VH / sent via BlackBerry

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by pblau＠sonic.net 24 May '11

24 May '11

For what it's worth, I'm going to try to slip this in (in a small way) but it's more likely that I'll have to cover that in another interview... 5 minutes is so short!!! On Tue 05/24/11 7:26 AM , "Karen Watkins" wrote: I vote for “why get your bird from a bird rescue”. Karen From: media-advisors-bounces(a)mickaboo.org [mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of pblau(a)sonic.net Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:59 PM To: Media Advisors - Mickaboo Subject: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts? Hi folks, There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview that I'll be doing this Wednesday. I thought I'd ask this group what they think the best (short) topic might be. The couple that runs this "Pet Patrol" show in the Half Moon Bay region has mostly done things on dogs & cats, no birds yet. So it's really an intro, more than anything else, and perhaps we'll get called back. I'm able to submit the question(s) to her for our response. Some ideas could be: - the difference between a dog and/or cat as a pet v. a bird - why get your bird from a bird rescue-- aren't they damaged? - what's the best thing about bird ownership? or things along that line. I don't want to be a 5-minute negative Nellie (don't do this! watch out for that!)-- I'm thinking upbeat, to be positive, etc. Let me know if you have any ideas. p

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by Vincent J. Hrovat 24 May '11

24 May '11

>There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview (Seven emails later . . . .) Do you think that's five minutes' worth yet? --VH / sent via BlackBerry

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Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
by Jonathan Harris 24 May '11

24 May '11

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